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Topic Ancestors and immigration

Common Core Standards; RI.2.2,4,6,8,9,10 RI.2 2. Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text. 4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area. 6.Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe. 8.Describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text. 9.Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic. Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity 10.By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 2–3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. RF.2.3c,f, c.Decode regularly spelled two-syllable words with long vowels. f. Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words. 2.4b b. Read grade-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings. W.2.7 7.Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., read a number of books on a single topic to produce a report; record science observations).

Suggested Student Objectives: Students will be able to understand, recognize, apply, and analyze the following skills: Understanding characters; Verb(be);Fictional Narrative/Descriptive;suffixes;Analyze

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Activities Learning Outcome Predict a character’s actions based on his/her personality.DurationApproximately 50 minutesNecessary Materials//Provided//: Character Personality Chart, Predictions About a Character’s Actions Chart, Independent Practice Worksheet //Not Provided: Julius, the Baby of the World// by Kevin Henkes, //Lilly’s Big Day//by Kevin Henkes, chart paper, markers will explain that a person’s personality usually stays the same over time. If I describe myself as kind, excited, and creative, I will usually act like that every day. I will explain that the same is true for characters and that once we know their personality; we can use it to predict how they may act in the future. I will post the Character Personality Chart about Lilly and review her personality traits. (See Direct Teaching and Guided Practice Example Chart 1 in Teacher and Student Materials below.) I will use her personality traits to make a prediction about what Lilly might do in //Julius, the Baby of the World// by Kevin Henkes. I will record my prediction on the Predictions about a Character’s Actions Chart. (See Direct Teaching and Guided Practice Example Chart 2 below.) I will begin reading //Julius, the Baby of the World//, charting evidence of Lilly’s actions that support her personality on the Predictions about a Character’s Actions Chart, stopping at the page that ends, “’I am the queen,’ said Lilly. ‘And I hate Julius.’” Ask: How did I predict what Lilly would do when Julius was born? Students should respond that you first identified Lilly's personality and thought about what she would do next in the story based the type of person she is or her personality. will make another prediction about Lilly’s actions based on her personality, and record our prediction on the Predictions about a Character’s Action Chart. (See Direct Teaching and Guided Practice Example Chart 2 below.) We will finish reading //Julius, the Baby of the World// and charting evidence of Lilly’s actions that support her personality on the Predictions about a Character’s Actions Chart. We will review our predictions and evidence of her actions to see if they match her personality traits.
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INDEPENDENT PRACTICE
will listen to the story //Lilly’s Big Day// by Kevin Henkes. (Stop reading after page 21.) You will make a prediction about Lilly’s actions based on her personality. (Student Independent Practice is provided below.) You will listen to the rest of //Lilly’s Big Day// to check your prediction. []

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